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iIden's Manifold CycIopeiia OF
knowledge and Language.

One Of the most extraordinary literary
enterprises OF the age is the work which
bears the above title.
The specimen pages which the pub
Usher sends free tc any applicant, show
the type which is uscd-a good clear
faced Brewer; also the form-''1deal'
yor convenience, easy for the eye, handy
10 hold. The volumes will average about
640 pages each, and there will probably
be about thirty OF them-the manifold
number will not be inconyenient; when
you consult a Cyclopedia you are sup
posed to know what title" you are
looking for; the lettering on the back OF
each volume tells you at glance what
titles will be found within, 50 you do
not look in the wrong one-and the
volumes are so ''handy" you quickly
turn to the sought-ior page.
There will be several thousand illus
trations-no mere pictures," but every
thing Of importance that will serve to
illustrate.
The Manifold Cyclopedia is to be
much more than a Encyclopedia OF Uni
versal Knowledge" it will embody also
a Dictionary OF the English Language
including every word which has any
claim to place in the language. How
often you have consulted Appleton's or
Chambers's or Johnson's Cyclopedia and
failed to find the title you were looking
for-then consulted Webster's Una
bridged and were successful; the word
belonged to the Dictionary rather than
10 the Cyclopedia. Or you have con-
suited Webster. and found little more
than mere definition Of the word-you
must 60 to the Cyclopedia for details OF
knowledge. Or, more probable than
either OF the foregoing supposltions, you
do not own either first class Cyclope-
dia or first class Dictionary, or only
one of the two, because OF their prohibi-
tory cost, so you ''consult your imagin-
alton" and ''go hungry" Tor lack OF the
few lines of print that would satisfy
you! In the Manifold Cyclopedia you
will find survey OF all knowledge which
is illustrated by the English Language
and It's cost is within your reach, only
50 cents volume for cloth binding, Ga
cents Tor half morocco.
In this age OF the world, no general
Cyclopedia or Dictionary can be in any
proper sense :'original''-each new COM
piiation, If it has merit, is baSs4ls;lnoa na
the knowledge found embodied -ed wild
predecessors knowledge" a., sci
Forth in books can not be monopolized
by patent or ''copyright"-only the
io-m of embodiment can be thus covered.
The latest discoveries Tor :maginingS) Of
the scientists, the latest ''fnds' (or
frauds) OF the arch1ologists, the latest
theories OF the political economists-all
are subject to the sight drafts'' Of the
latest Encyclopedias. Alden's Manifold
Cyclopedia undertakes to combine in the
most convenient and concise (yet iull,
and economical form possible, the re-
suits OF the scholarship Of the world, up
to the time OF its publication. Awaiting
itself most OF its predecessors who have
accomplished the best results, the Mani
fold Cyclopedia, draws more largely
from Chambers's than from any other
OF the family of Cyclopedias, and more
largely from Stormonth than from any
other of the family OF D!ctionaries-tbe
Chambers'S~ is an acknowledged model
: for Cyclopedia; but it is adapted par.
ticularly to England rather than to
America; Stormorth is the acknowl.
edged peer Of Webster, Worcester, the
Imperial, and Murray, as an authority.
but without a peer in the combined
qualities OF conciseness, clearness, and
accuracy Of learning. No authorities,
however, are blindly followed, buteforts
is carefully made to bring all matters tc
the generally accepted standard of the
most eminent American, rather than
foreign, scholarship.
Editorial talent second to none in
America, in experience and skill is en-.
gagged in the conduct OF the work; the
publishers past experience in Cyclope,
dia making (notably in The Library Of
Universal knowledge, now known
trebled in price-as the international
Cyclopedia) is a good basis iorthe pledge
he makes to his patrons that The Mani
iold shall be inferior to no other Cyclic.
pedia in any OF the important qualities
Of popular guide to knowledge. Spe-
cimen pages free, or specimen volume
may be ordered and returned if not
wanted. JOHN B. ALDEN, publisher.
393 Pearl Street, New York.